Luigi Macchi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Luigi Macchi

Catholic cardinal

Date of Birth: 03-Mar-1832

Place of Birth: Viterbo, Lazio, Italy

Date of Death: 29-Mar-1907

Profession: Catholic priest

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Luigi Macchi (3 March 1832, in Viterbo – 29 March 1907, in Rome) was an Italian Catholic nobleman and a Cardinal. He was a nephew of Cardinal Vincenzo Macchi.
In 1859, he was ordained a priest.
In 1860, he was referendary of the Tribunal of the Apostolic Signature of Grace.
Pope Leo XIII created him a cardinal in the consistory of 11 February 1889.
As protodeacon since 1899, Cardinal Macchi announced the election of cardinal Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto as Pope Pius X at the end of the conclave of 1903 and crowned him on 9 August 1903.
Four years later, Cardinal Macchi died after an illness at the age of 75.